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Re: French Piano Music
Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2014 8:56 am
by alfor
With „Au pays romande“ I used a Mac program and simply applied (twice) the filter„Lightness decrease“ which made it slightly too dark but much better readable than the original scan! (Compare my 2nd posting of Andrico's Sonatina).
Re: French Piano Music
Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2014 6:10 pm
by fleubis
Parag, thanks for the description of your procedure! Alas it won't do me much good as I'm a Mac user. I'm sure there is an equivalent procedure for Mac users out there somewhere.
Re: French Piano Music
Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2014 6:13 pm
by mballan
Dear Alfor - thank you very much for the Bertelin - exquisite, sumptuous music. Much appreciated.
As promised three original pieces by
Isidor Philipp (1863-1958).
Malcolm
Elf [please note this is a different piece to his Op 23 Puck - also sometimes known as The Elf]
Philipp I - Elf.pdf
Op 75 Etude de Concert
Philipp I - Op 75 Etude de Concert.pdf
Op 90 Nocturne
Philipp I - Op 90 Nocturne.pdf
Re: French Piano Music
Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2014 7:33 pm
by Jean-Séb
mballan wrote:Elf [please note this is a different piece to his Op 23 Puck - also sometimes known as The Elf]
Yes, different, but not very much. This one is a revised edition of the former one?
Thank you for these scores.
Re: French Piano Music
Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2014 9:34 pm
by fleubis
Malcolm, thank you for the Philipp pieces.
Re: French Piano Music
Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2014 10:19 pm
by alfor
fleubis wrote:Malcolm, thank you for the Philippe pieces.
Seconded!! (But without the final „e“ 
)
Re: French Piano Music
Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2014 10:37 pm
by alfor
Gallica can produce readable scans (...if they are in the right mood...):
nms (alfor-edited)
Redon Hommage a Schumann.pdf
Re: French Piano Music
Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2014 1:03 am
by fleubis
alfor wrote:Gallica can produce readable scans (...if they are in the right mood...):
nms (alfor-edited)
Redon Hommage a Schumann.pdf
Seems like they occasionally get to use the GOOD scanner, as in this case.
Homage to Schumann, indeed. Reminiscent of the Arabeque.
Thanks, Alfred.
Re: French Piano Music
Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2014 3:29 pm
by 4candles
Thanks for the recent Bertelin uploads.
It's incredible that so much deserving music like this is just unknown or inexplicably neglected.
Some may already know that Bertelin also composed a few chamber works: a violin sonata, a cello sonata, a rondo for bassoon and piano and an orchestral work with 'piano conducteur' (I must confess to not knowing what this is...)
Might be worth investigating if someone has the money and inclination to source them...
Re: French Piano Music
Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2014 5:05 pm
by fleubis
Searching for Bertelin....(1872-1951)
http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/sm/composer|37026-b/3
And a book on harmony
http://imslp.org/wiki/Les_Bases_de_l%27 ... _Albert%29
Who knew a man of this caliber would be forgotten for so long? The same can be asked about many of the composers unearthed here on Pianophilia after decades of neglect. (The real goldmine, if you will, where these pieces exist seems to be the late 19th & early 20th centuries.)